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<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 01 October 2007 - Volume 09</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Song Contest: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/contest/">lowlands-l.net/contest/</a> (- 31 Dec. 2007)</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">=========================================================================
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_veenker@atmc.net" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Ronald Veenker <<a href="mailto:veenker@atmc.net">veenker@atmc.net</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2007.10.01 (04) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Heather (Randall),</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Wow, thank you. I haven't thought about that rhyme in 50 years. I</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
heard it as a child from.... no who did I hear it from? My Frisian</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">grandmother Steketee? or my Irish grandmother Allen? Oh,my my.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Ron (and Heather), any clue to provenance of the rhyme?</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Ron Veenker</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_t.mcrae@uq.net.au" style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Tom Mc Rae</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg">
<<a href="mailto:t.mcrae@uq.net.au">t.mcrae@uq.net.au</a>></span><span id="_user_veenker@atmc.net" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg">
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2007.10.01 (04) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><div>On 02/10/2007, at 4:30 AM,<span> </span><span><font color="#00681c">"</font><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a><font color="#00681c">"wrote:</font></span></div><span class="q"><blockquote type="cite"><p>It
would seem even nursery rhymes are subject to political correctness and
no nasty ideas are allowed anymore! And so it's been re-written to look
as through a quick cup of tea and even someone in a bad mood is feeling
better enough to invite the neighbours in!!!</p></blockquote></span>Wonder
what has happened to an old Scots rhyme recited to Clypes (ie Folks who
reported misdemeanours to parents, teachers, cops, etc)<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"Tell Tale Tit,</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Yer tung will be slit</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">An aw the dugs in the toon</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Will aw git a bit. "</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Probably the Thought Police have disposed of this one too.</div> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Regards</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Tom Mc Rae</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Brisbane Australia</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">
Robert Burns</font></p> <br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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